Houston v. Gonzales Independent School Dist.
Texas Commission of Appeals
Error to Court of Civil Appeals of Fourth Supreme Judicial District. Suit by the Gonzales Independent School District against W. B. Houston, and, defendant having died, the executors of his estate, J. D. Houston and Julia A. Matthews, were made parties defendant. A judgment for plaintiff was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals (202 S. W. 963), and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
Defendant in error, the Gonzales independent school district, sued W. B. Houston to recover taxes for the year 1914, which the district had levied and assessed against a tract of Houston’s land situated within the district, but outside the city limits of the city of Gonzales. W. B. Houston having died, Julia A. Matthews and J. Dunn Houston, independent executrix and independent executor, respectively, plaintiffs in error here, made themselves parties to the suit, and adopted the answer, of W. B. Houston.
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